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Prehistoric
Oklahomans came to Oklahoma
about 15,000 years ago.
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Dispersed from the Tower of Babel |
1. Probably crossed a land bridge
called
the Bering Strait
Theory
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2. Followed migrating herds up and
down
North and South America
3. Native Americans had no knowledge
of the
wheel nor could they write
Historic Oklahoma comes from written records
In 1541 Coronado
explored Oklahoma and wrote
in his journal creating Oklahoma
history for the first time
2 types of prehistoric people
1. Clovis man found at Domebo
mammoth kill site
| Carbon 14 testing was used @ Domebo to determine the age of the site about 11,000 yrs ago. Clovis arrow points |  |
2. Folsom man
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Folsom man used arrow points such as these
to kill animals for food, tools, and shelter
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Late Prehistoric Age came the Spiro Epoch
Began around the time of Christ and ended
around A.D. 1500
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1. Known as mound builders
2. Spiro epoch marks the "golden
age" of
Oklahoma pre-history
3. Spiro is one of many mounds
builders in U.S.
Most early Oklahomans
spoke different
languages
but had similar Muskhogean stock
At the time of the introduction of Europeans
to
Oklahoma Quapaws lived in eastern
Ok along
the Arkansas River.
Querechos AKA Plains-Apaches
1. no permanent home
2. followed the buffalo herds and
3. used tipi for houses
4. Coronado
wrote about this
settlement called Quivira
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